QuoteHear a whisper in the nightSee a distant burning lightThat you cannot explainOh, you try to shut it outCover it up with all your doubtsBut it won't go awayAnswer the call, answer the call

Got a knock upon the doorIt's getting loud, you can't ignoreA voice is calling your nameDon't you live in the status quoDon't you go where you always goIt's crying out for changeAnswer the call, answer the call

Call it inspiration, call it revelationCall it anything at allBut burning deep in youIs something you have gotta doSo answer, answer the call

Now the path is there to takeNow the choice is there to makeDon't let the vision fadeYou'd be living in the darkRunning away from your own heartIf you just turned awayAnswer the call, answer the call

It may be the inner cityMaybe your own familyThe mission field may lie in youBut you know the Word is trueAnd it's staring back at youSo answer, answer the call

The message is for youSo whatever you doAnswer, answer the call

The italicized half verse is like my life, and especially for the past few months. I've been running from my own heart for so long that I don't know how to get back. My Bible readings are not getting through my head, and are more of a chore than a help, and I find myself running from prayer time and scripture reading.

I'm withdrawing from people and that doesn't help anything.

Any suggestions?

I used to worry and stress and strive to "do my part," never believing that I had done enough of "my part." Now I see my part as casting it off on Him, doing what I believe He is giving me, and letting it just be His problem. I don't have to fix everything, but I get to work along side of God.

That repeating line "answer the call" really resonated with me. It happened to me when I first became a Christian. I actually heard from God! Yes I did! But for days and weeks I was unable to share it with anybody as I thought they'd all think I was making it up, imagining it or fantasizing!I'm glad to know that now, 38 years later, there was nothing fanciful or imagined about it. And I'm so glad I did 'answer the call'.I hope you get that epiphany moment, Jim. You so deserve it.

I used to worry and stress and strive to "do my part," never believing that I had done enough of "my part." Now I see my part as casting it off on Him, doing what I believe He is giving me, and letting it just be His problem. I don't have to fix everything, but I get to work along side of God.

I used to worry and stress and strive to "do my part," never believing that I had done enough of "my part." Now I see my part as casting it off on Him, doing what I believe He is giving me, and letting it just be His problem. I don't have to fix everything, but I get to work along side of God.

Thank you for checking on me Jo. I'm about that same, but not paying so much attention to the longing to do more, at the moment. Yesterday was the birthday of the son who died 3 years ago, and I was a bit irritable, and my job doesn't give me to room to be human, so that was a challenge.

I used to worry and stress and strive to "do my part," never believing that I had done enough of "my part." Now I see my part as casting it off on Him, doing what I believe He is giving me, and letting it just be His problem. I don't have to fix everything, but I get to work along side of God.